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Hit and Run

By: Lawrence Block
Narrated by: Richard Poe
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Keller's a hit man. For years now, he's had places to go and people to kill. But enough is enough. He's got money in the bank and just one last job standing between him and retirement.

So he carries it out with his usual professionalism, and he heads home, but guess what? One more job. Paid in advance, so what's he going to do? Give the money back?

In Des Moines, Keller stalks his designated target and waits for the client to give him the go-ahead. And one fine morning, he's picking out stamps for his collection (Sweden 1-5, the official reprints) at a shop in Urbandale when somebody guns down the charismatic governor of Ohio.

Back at his motel, Keller's watching TV when they show the killer's face. And there's something all too familiar about that face....

Keller calls his associate, Dot, in White Plains, but there is no answer. He's stranded halfway across the country, every cop in America's just seen his picture, his ID and credit cards are no longer good, and he just spent almost all of his cash on the stamps.

Now what?

©2008 Lawrence Block (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers

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pitiful waste of time

no wonder I hadn't listened to this a second time. the plot was choppy and corny.

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You'll wish a hit man kills you, 2 end the pain!

Hit & Run is one tiresome Lawrence Block novel. Unfortunatly this boring butcher of time takes place almost entirely in the paranoid thoughts and self talk of hit man Keller.
In earlier novels, Keller was entertaining and deadly. In this novel you get beaten up with hours of deathly boring navel gazing by formerly entertaining hit man Keller.
No wonder shrinks have such a high rate of suicide, after attempting to listen to this disaster, I wanted to jump from the Brooklyn ridge.

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Disapointing

What disappointed you about Hit and Run?

Primarily is a summary of all the other Keller stories to date, lacking the wit and humor in the series and the narration is flat.

Would you be willing to try another one of Richard Poe’s performances?

Yes, he just Is not right for this character, he was fine for the Richard Ford series which I also have

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Totally substandard for Lawrence Block

What would have made Hit and Run better?

A better developed plot with more characters.

Would you ever listen to anything by Lawrence Block again?

Yes, I usually like Lawrence Block.

Which scene was your favorite?

None

Any additional comments?

A real disappointment for Lawrence Block fans. The reader was good, but he could do just so much with the inferior material. This purchase was a waste of good money.

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